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#CAAA4B

#caaa4b ≈ Metallic Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#caaa4b is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 66.67% green and 29.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 62.87% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 44.88°, with 54.51% saturation and 54.31% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Metallic Gold (#d4af37), ΔE 3.43.

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Relative luminance0.4181

Complementary

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #4b6bca

Split complementary

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #4baaca
  3. #6a4bca

Analogous

  1. #ca6a4b
  2. #caaa4b
  3. #aaca4b

Triadic

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #4bcaaa
  3. #aa4bca

Tetradic

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #6bca4b
  3. #4b6bca
  4. #aa4bca

Square

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #4bca6a
  3. #4b6bca
  4. #ca4baa

Monochromatic

  1. #604f1c
  2. #9b7f2e
  3. #caaa4b
  4. #dbc686
  5. #ede2c1

Shades

#caaa4b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #b69944
  3. #a2883c
  4. #8d7735
  5. #79662d
  6. #655526
  7. #51441e
  8. #3d3317
  9. #28220f
  10. #141108
  11. #000000

Tints

#caaa4b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #cfb35d
  3. #d5bb6f
  4. #dac481
  5. #dfcc93
  6. #e5d5a5
  7. #eaddb7
  8. #efe6c9
  9. #f4eedb
  10. #faf7ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#caaa4b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #caaa4b
  2. #c3a650
  3. #bba256
  4. #b49d5b
  5. #ac9960
  6. #a59566
  7. #9e916b
  8. #968d70
  9. #8f8875
  10. #87847b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9ac90 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bba841 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3b14f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da9d95 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1a945 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6ae4e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d4a27e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-caaa4b {
  color: #caaa4b;
}
Background
.bg-caaa4b {
  background-color: #caaa4b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-caaa4b {
  border: 2px solid #caaa4b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #caaa4b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 170 75;
  --color-primary-hsl: 45 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-caaa4b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #caaa4b, #aaca4b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-caaa4b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 170 75 / 0.35);
}

#d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 3.43 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 4.55 #cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 4.70 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 5.56 #e5b73b Meat Brown ΔE 6.11 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 6.24 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 8.55 #3555b4 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Metallic Gold
#caaa4b  rgb(202, 170, 75)  hsl(45, 55%, 54%)  Metallic Gold
#4b6bca  rgb(75, 107, 202)  hsl(225, 55%, 54%)  Royal Blue
#4bcaaa  rgb(75, 202, 170)  hsl(165, 55%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#aa4bca  rgb(170, 75, 202)  hsl(285, 55%, 54%)  Medium Orchid